State police seek car that ran truck off I-78

State police are looking for a white Toyota sedan that struck a truck and fled.

State police in Northampton County are looking for a white Toyota sedan with a New York license plate that they say ran a tractor-trailer into an Interstate 78 median Sunday evening.

The tractor-trailer was westbound near mile marker 63.5 in Lower Saucon Township and going 72 mph about 8:15 p.m. when the sedan moved from the right lane into the left lane, hitting the rig's passenger side, according to state police.

Police said the tractor-trailer veered off the shoulder, hitting a median and guard rail.

Troopers said the truck driver, Charles Baldassare, 49, of Hedgesville, W.Va., was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest for an evaluation of injuries. Police noted damage to the truck's passenger-side diesel fuel tank appeared to have been the result of a collision with another vehicle.

The Toyota continued west on I-78. Troopers said the vehicle should have "driver's-side damage consistent with a side-swipe collision."

Anyone with information about the fleeing vehicle is asked to call the state police Belfast barracks, 610-759-6106.